Tuesday, 25 April 2017

CrimeFest Awards Shortlists

Winners will be announced at the CRIMEFEST Gala Awards Dinner on Saturday
21 May 2017.
AUDIBLE SOUNDS OF CRIME AWARD
The Audible Sounds of Crime Award is for the best unabridged crime audiobook
first published in the UK in 2016 in both printed and audio formats, and
available for download from audible.co.uk,
Britain’s largest provider of downloadable audiobooks. Courtesy of sponsor
Audible UK, the winning author and audiobook reader(s) share the £1,000 prize
equally and each receives a Bristol Blue Glass commemorative award.

Eligible titles were submitted by publishers, and Audible UK listeners
established the shortlist and the winning title.

eDUNNIT AWARDThe eDunnit Award is for the best crime fiction ebook first published in both
hardcopy and in electronic format in the British Isles in 2016.

Nominees for the eDunnit Award:
The Twenty– Three by Linwood Barclay (Orion Publishing Group)
Deep Down Dead by Steph Broadribb (Orenda Books)

The Wrong Side of Goodbye by Michael Connelly (Orion
Publishing Group)
Blackout by Ragnar Jonasson (Orenda Books)
Wilde Lake by Laura Lippman (Faber & Faber)
Rather Be the Devil by Ian Rankin (Orion Publishing Group)
The Ashes of London by Andrew Taylor (HarperFiction)
Cat Among the Herrings by L.C. Tyler (Allison & Busby)

Eligible titles were submitted by publishers, and a team of British crime
fiction reviewers voted to establish the shortlist and the winning title.
LAST LAUGH AWARD
The Last Laugh Award is for the best humorous crime novel first published in
the British Isles in 2016. The winner receives a Bristol Blue Glass
commemorative award.

Nominees for the Last Laugh Award:
PIMP by Ken Bruen & Jason Starr (Hardcase Crime)
I Don’t Like Where This Is Going by John Dufresne (Serpent’s Tail)
A Cast of Vultures by Judith Flanders (Allison & Busby)
Real Tigers by Mick Herron (John Murray)
Razor Girl by Carl Hiaasen (Little, Brown Book Group)
The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown by Vaseem Khan (Hodder
& Stoughton)
Cat Among the Herrings by L.C. Tyler (Allison & Busby)
Tall Oaks by Chris Whitaker (Twenty7)

Eligible titles were submitted by publishers, and a team of British crime
fiction reviewers voted to establish the shortlist and the winning title.

H.R.F. KEATING AWARD
The H.R.F. Keating Award is for the best biographical or critical book related
to crime fiction first published in the British Isles in 2016. The award is
named after H.R.F. ‘Harry’ Keating, one of Britain’s most esteemed crime
novelists, crime reviewers and writer of books about crime fiction. The winning
author receives a commemorative Bristol Blue Glass award.